Auchenoglanis occidentalis was reported from 26 countries/islands


Table 1: the species is currently present in 26 of them (endemic, native, introduced);
Table 2: possible in 0 of them (stray, questionable);
Table 3: absent from 0 of them (extirpated, not established, misidentification, error).
Table 4: all reports listed together.

Distribution: Africa: most rivers of West Africa (Ref. 57126, 78218), Chad basin (Ref. 3236, 57126), Congo River drainage (Ref. 3236, 78218), Lake Tanganyika (Ref. 78218), Nile system in Ethiopia and Sudan (Ref. 28714, 58460), Lake Turkana drainage, including Omo River (Ref. 3236, 52331, 58460), and Shabeelle (Ref. 3236, 58460).
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Table 1: Present in 26 countries/islands (endemic, native, introduced)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Africa Benin BEN native 13331
Africa Burkina Faso BFA native 57126
Africa Cameroon CMR native 81642
Africa Central Afr. Rp CAF native 57126
Africa Chad TCD native 57126
Africa Congo COG native 88782
Africa Congo Dem Rp COD native 27631
Africa Egypt EGY native 3236
Africa Ethiopia ETH native 58460
Africa Gambia GMB native 57126
Africa Ghana GHA native 57126
Africa Guinea GIN native 57126
Africa Guinea-Bissau GNB native 57126
Africa Ivory coast CIV native 57126
Africa Kenya KEN native 52331
Africa Mali MLI native 57126
Africa Mauritania MRT native 57126
Africa Niger NER native 57126
Africa Nigeria NGA native 57126
Africa Senegal SEN native 57126
Africa Sierra Leone SLE native 57126
Africa Somalia SOM native 78218
Africa South Sudan SSD native 28714
Africa Sudan SDN native 28714
Africa Tanzania TZA native 4967
Africa Togo TGO native 57126

Table 4: Reported from 26 countries/islands.
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Africa Benin BEN native 13331
Africa Burkina Faso BFA native 57126
Africa Cameroon CMR native 81642
Africa Central Afr. Rp CAF native 57126
Africa Chad TCD native 57126
Africa Congo COG native 88782
Africa Congo Dem Rp COD native 27631
Africa Egypt EGY native 3236
Africa Ethiopia ETH native 58460
Africa Gambia GMB native 57126
Africa Ghana GHA native 57126
Africa Guinea GIN native 57126
Africa Guinea-Bissau GNB native 57126
Africa Ivory coast CIV native 57126
Africa Kenya KEN native 52331
Africa Mali MLI native 57126
Africa Mauritania MRT native 57126
Africa Niger NER native 57126
Africa Nigeria NGA native 57126
Africa Senegal SEN native 57126
Africa Sierra Leone SLE native 57126
Africa Somalia SOM native 78218
Africa South Sudan SSD native 28714
Africa Sudan SDN native 28714
Africa Tanzania TZA native 4967
Africa Togo TGO native 57126
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